His main academic focuses are international tax and comparative tax law. He is acknowledged as a tax expert witness in various tax cases at the District Court, the Corruption Court, the Tax Court and the Constitutional Court. In addition, he was chosen as the government’s expert witness in judicial review of Tax Amnesty Law and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes Law.
Darussalam is mentioned as one of the World’s Leading Transfer Pricing Advisers 2018 and Highly Regarded General Corporate Tax Practitioner 2026 by International Tax Review (ITR), United Kingdom. Also in 2024 & 2025, Darussalam is nominated as the Tax Practice Leader of the Year in Asia-Pacific from ITR.
He was also a respected member of the Tax Revenue Optimization Steering Committee in 2016 and a respected member of the Steering Committee for the Tax Consultant Certification Examination (USKP) for 2019-2022. He was an Adviser for the Tax Reform in 2016.
He serves the Coordinator of the Consultative Board of Tax Accountant Compartment, the Indonesian Institute of Accountant (IAI-KAPj) for 2018-2022 and 2022-2026 as well as the Chairperson of the Association of Tax Centers and Tax Academics Across Indonesia (PERTAPSI).
In 2006, he attended “European Tax Seminar” held by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium and also seminar on “Tax Consolidation” held by Tilburg University, the Netherlands. In 2009, he successfully completed an advanced transfer pricing course from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California, USA.
In 2011, he attended the “Asia Pacific Transfer Pricing Summit 2011” held by IBC Legal Conference in Hong Kong. Also in 2011, he attended “European Tax Law” held by Tax Academy of Singapore and the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, in Singapore. In 2012, he attended “Summer School of Value Added Tax Programme” held by Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in Lisbon, Portugal. In 2015, he attended “International Tax Conference: BEPS & Beyond” held by Foundation For International Taxation, in Mumbai, India.
In 2019, he was conferred the Edutax Award as an Educative Figure of the Tax Awareness Inclusion Program 2019 by the Directorate General of Taxes. In 2022, he was selected as Large Taxpayer by the Small Taxpayer Office Kelapa Gading, Directorate General of Taxes (DGT). He was also selected the Most Inspirational Taxpayer 2022 & 2023 by Majalah Pajak. In 2023, he received the Outstanding Alumni Award from Sebelas Maret University and the Digital Leader & Distinguished Contribution to the Alumni award in the Alumni Achievement Awards from the University of Indonesia. In 2024, he received the Outstanding Alumni Award in the Professional and Entrepreneurship Sector from State Senior High School 8 Yogyakarta.
Darussalam is the author of 41 books on taxation. He is also the author and contributor of 221 articles on taxation published by international & domestic reputable publishers. He has been actively engaged as a speaker in 364 taxation events and mass media.
